PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateus Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mateus Allen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Penn
vs
Allen

170 cm
21
153 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

165 cm
23
149 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mateus Allen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Penn is fending him off so far but Allen persists. Nope, Penn circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Penn.

Penn gets caught flat footed, as Allen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Penn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Allen defends it easily.
Allen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Allen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Penn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Allen's guard.
Penn throwing strikes but missing.
Penn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Penn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Allen looking for a sweep. Not yet Allen, not yet.
Penn throwing strikes from guard but Allen blocks nicely.
Penn connects with a couple of short punches.
Penn looking to pass the guard.
Penn preventing the sweep.
Allen wants to get back to his feet but Penn is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Allen pushes Penn off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mark Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allen avoids a punch combination nicely.

Allen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Penn is looking for a sweep.
Penn is working to avoid the ground and pound but Allen connects with a decent elbow.
Allen is working Penn over with some ground and pound from side control.
Penn is trying to get back to half guard.
Allen working the ground and pound.
Allen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Allen trying to control the position but Penn is working away.
Penn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Penn is trying to get back to full guard.
Allen stalling.
Allen lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Penn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Penn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Allen won't allow Penn to sweep him here.
Allen cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Allen landing with the ground and pound.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Allen passes Penn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Allen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Penn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Penn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Penn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Allen landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Penn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Allen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Allen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Allen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Penn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Penn keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Penn is looking for a triangle but Allen pushes his legs off easily.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Allen cracks Penn with a solid left hand.
Allen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Penn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Allen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Allen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Allen distracts Penn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Allen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Penn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Allen!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen really wants to buck Penn off and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Allen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Allen is desperately trying to improve his position but Penn has a good base and remains in mount.
Allen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Allen is trying to stand up here but Penn is controlling him well.
Allen is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Penn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Allen preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen wants to get back to his feet.

Penn is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Allen is just riding it out for now. Penn eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateus Allen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab by Penn.
Allen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Penn but Penn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Allen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penn as he jumps to the side.
Penn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Penn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mark Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateus Allen.
Penn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Allen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Penn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Allen somewhat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Allen.
Allen misses with a takedown attempt - Penn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Allen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Allen moves out of range easily.

Allen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Penn sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Penn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Allen stopping the sweep attempt from Penn.
Penn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Penn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Allen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Penn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Penn's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Penn as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Allen!
I really don't envy Penn right now.
Allen lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn wants to escape the position.
Allen lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Penn wants to escape the position.
Allen is looking to control Penn but Penn is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Allen is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Allen gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Allen gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Allen apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Allen gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen working the ground and pound.
Mateus Allen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Allen working the ground and pound.
Allen working the ground and pound from side control.
Penn taking a bit of punishment here - Allen scoring with strikes.
Allen landing a few strikes.
Allen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Penn some visible discomfort.
Penn is trying to improve his position.
Allen landing strikes.
Penn is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Allen cracks Penn with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Allen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Penn some visible discomfort.
Allen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Allen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Allen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Penn some visible discomfort.
Allen taking a breather here.
Allen scoring with punches from side control.
Allen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Penn is looking to regain half guard here but Allen keeps moving and retains side control.
Allen scoring with punches from side control.
Allen lands some shots froms side control.
Allen lands a nice forearm strike.
Allen cracks Penn with a big right hand but Penn just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Penn being controlled for a moment.
Allen scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is working Penn over with some ground and pound from side control.
Penn prevents Allen from improving position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Allen lands an elbow.
Allen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Penn down.
Penn is looking for a sweep.
Penn is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Allen lands with a punch from half guard.
Penn wants to improve his position but Allen is controlling well.
Allen lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Allen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Allen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Allen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Allen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateus Allen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Allen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Allen showed some decent athleticism there.
Penn regains full guard. Nicely done.
Penn looking for a sweep. Not yet Penn, not yet.
Allen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Allen scoring with some ground and pound.
Allen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Allen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Allen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Allen lands a couple of elbows.
Allen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Allen wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
Allen works over Penn with some ground and pound from guard.
Penn wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Penn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Allen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Allen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Allen scoring with some ground and pound.
Allen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Allen working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to take a break and control but Penn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mateus Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A lull in the action here as Allen stalls from top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mateus Allen.
Penn misses with a low kick as Allen jumps back.
Penn misses with a body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Penn. No joy for Allen on that attempt.
Mark Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn throws a half hearted mid kick.

Allen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Penn is looking to regain half guard here but Allen keeps moving and retains side control.
Allen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Penn is trying to improve his position.
Penn seems a little lost for a moment, as Allen dominates the positioning.
Penn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Allen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Allen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Allen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penn as he jumps to the side.
Mateus Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen shoots in but Penn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mark Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateus Allen.

Allen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Allen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Allen controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Allen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Penn tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn is bucking up trying to escape but Allen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Allen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Penn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Allen is landing with some decent strikes but Penn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Penn tries to reverse the position but Allen maintains control.
Allen controlling the pace for now.
Mark Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Penn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mateus Allen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Allen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mateus Allen!